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Coniston and Crake Valley News Serving the Parishes of Colton, Coniston and Torver, Egton Cum Newland & Lowick with Blawith Coniston and Crake Valley News Serving the parishes of Colton, Coniston and Torver, Egton cum Newland & Lowick with Blawith August 2021 www.conistonandcrakechurches.co.uk The Coniston and Crake Valley Benefice “To Grow, Witness and Love Like Jesus” Revd Brian Streeter [email protected] 01229 861668 The Vicarage, 07505 048736 Penny Bridge. Brian works for Filling Station on Thursday LA12 7RQ Brian’s rest day is Friday RETIRED MINISTERS Revd David Bickersteth [email protected] 01229 861184 Revd Joanna Henson [email protected] 01229 861800 Revd Ian Swift [email protected] 01539 521337 Revd Harry Welch [email protected] 01229 861068 LAY MINISTERS Hazel Bowness [email protected] 01539 431869 Pamela Hull [email protected] 01539 441997 Linda Inman [email protected] 01539 441777 Vivienne Plummer [email protected] 01229 885636 Pam Priestley [email protected] 01229 861866 Val Towndrow [email protected] 01229 773988 Richard Wood [email protected] 01229 885253 Donald Wroe [email protected] 01229 861275 SAFEGUARDING OFFICER Juliet Caldwell [email protected] 07884 232281 ADMINISTRATOR & MAGAZINE EDITOR Marion Swift [email protected] 01229 861668 PASTORAL TEAM LEADER Barbara Watson [email protected] 01229 861638 CHURCHWARDENS Holy Trinity, Colton John Tarr [email protected] 01229 586174 St Luke’s, Lowick with Blawith Simon Wood [email protected] 01229 885213 Sue Wood [email protected] 01229 885213 St. Mary’s, Penny Bridge Barbara Watson [email protected] 01229 861638 St Andrew’s, Coniston & St. Luke’s, Torver Nick Monk [email protected] 015394 41255 Linda Inman [email protected] 015394 41777 JOINT CONISTON CHURCHES CHILDREN’S & YOUTH WORKER Charlie Day [email protected] 07788187718 2 Pastoral Letter ‘IF YOU CAN MEET WITH TRIUMPH AND DISASTER AND TREAT THOSE TWO IMPOSTERS JUST THE SAME’ Rudyard Kipling ‘IF’ 1909 I’m writing this letter the morning after the Wimbledon tennis finals and the Euro Cup. And just days ahead of when England is going to be told of what lies ahead of our Corona Virus restrictions. A morning of mixed emotions and anxieties - whoever one was backing to win at either of the above finals, and, at least for those of us who live in England - a time of awaiting anxiety of how we might be returning to ‘normal’ life. In these times of uncertainty, divisions and anxieties of how we want ‘normal’ times to return my thoughts turned to the many Biblical texts we have from GENESIS through to the Book of REVELATION whose wisdom might help us throughout the coming weeks. Too numerous to mention – you will have your favourite and perhaps well-known ones which will help you through these anxious times of worry, anxiety, bereavement - and often a feeling of HOPELESSNESS: Some which have helped me through times of personal darkness and despair are: DEUTERONOMY 31: 8 ‘The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you. He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. DO NOT FEAR OR BE DISMAYED’ Words spoken by Moses to his successor JOSHUA who after decades of exile in a ‘foreign land’ would be led by Joshua into their ‘promised land’. Its’ underlying message being whatever the lowliness of our situations, personal and communal – do not despair God is with us in times of darkness as well as in the sunny uplands of life. JEREMIAH 29:11 ‘For I know the plans I have for you’ declares The Lord ‘Plans to prosper you, and not to harm you. To give you A FUTURE WITH HOPE’ Hope for the Babylonians who had been in exile for 70 years yet whose history of peoples in exile was not yet over – but within God’s HOPE, better times would be ahead. A timeless message of Hope from the exiled Babylonians to us all and world in these Pandemic times. PSALM 121: 7 – 8 ‘I will lift up my eyes to the hills (Fells) from whence comes my help. My help comes from the Lord who made Heaven and Earth . The Lord shall keep watch over your going out and your coming in FROM THIS TIME FOR EVERMORE’ Whenever I travel up to my Cottage at Lowick when the Old Man of Coniston come into view ‘I lift up my eyes’ to its’ majestic form and give thanks to God for the wonders of His world in all its’ natural formation praying for urgent need to give caution to climate change – to enable the world before it is too late to preserve the natural beauty of God’s world who in the beginning ‘LOOKED UPON ALL THAT HE HAD MADE, AND INDEED, IT WAS VERY GOOD’ The GOSPEL OF JOHN: Chapter 14: ‘Peace I leave with you, My Peace I give unto you: Not as the world giveth give I unto you. LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED,NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID’ These words spoken by Jesus in John’s Final Discourse to his anxious, troubled and very frightened Disciples are words of reassured hope that whatever may overcome them in their lives of discipleship - though not in an earthly body - He would always be besides them. They have been described by some as the most comforting words in the Bible and are words of comfort to us in all our varied troubles and anxieties for the future today as we travel together into the months ahead. Returning to the sentences of Rudyard Kipling’s IF 3 poem : ‘IF YOU CAN MEET WITH TRIUMPH AND DISASTER AND TREAT THOSE TWO IMPOSTERS JUST THE SAME (Lines displayed at the entrance to Wimbledon’s Centre Court) I recalled the headlines of Sundays papers eulogising the England Team and their expected win in the final against Italy – how different were the headlines of today’s papers. When I listened to Gareth Southgate’s humble and measured words in his Press Conference today there was graciousness as he encompassed ‘Triumph and Disaster’ in the same manner. Likewise before the Finals of the Women’s Tennis match on Saturday when the Finalist Ashley Barty before her meeting with Anelique Keber was asked in a Press Conference how she would feel if she lost to her opponent? Her reply was simple as with calm acceptance of possible defeat she commented that ‘The sun will still come up the following day’. It seems to me that the replies of Gareth Southgate and Ashley Barty sum up the universality of Hope and a letting go of any misfortune or disappointment – looking forward to A FUTURE WITH HOPE (Jeremiah 29.11) I conclude with a humbling PRAYER OF BELIEF scratched on a wall of a Nazi concentration camp placed there by an unknown Jewish inmate – in a place of hopelessness here was a soul who had not given up their Hope of God even amidst the daily horrors of such a place: I BELIEVE IN THE SUN, EVEN WHEN IT DOESN’T SHINE I BELIEVE IN LOVE, EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT SHOWN I BELIEVE IN GOD, EVEN WHEN HE DOES NOT SPEAK I BELIEVE IN GO Here is HOPE in God personified. Yours, In the hope of Christ Vivienne Plummer Soultime Christian Meditation Anxiety, Sleep Help & Bible "Soultime is a beautiful, quiet and accessible way of drawing close to God in Jesus day by day. I warmly recommend it to you.” Archbishop Justin Welby 4 Church Services for August 2021 _____________________________________________________ 1st Ninth Sunday after Trinity St. Luke Torver 9.00am Bikers Breakfast Rev Ian Swift St. Luke Lowick 9.30am Holy Communion Rev Harry Welch _____________________________________________________ 8th Tenth Sunday after Trinity St. Andrew Coniston 11.00am Holy Communion (BCP) Rev David Bickersteth St. Mary Penny Bridge 11.00am Holy Communion Rev Harry Welch _____________________________________________________ 15th Eleventh Sunday after Trinity St. Luke Torver 9.00am Holy Communion Rev Ian Swift St. Mary Penny Bridge 11.00am Holy Communion Rev Joanna Henson _____________________________________________________ 22nd Twelfth Sunday after Trinity St. Luke Lowick 9.30am Methodist Service Rev Martin Williams Holy Trinity Colton 9.30am Morning Worship Pam Priestley St. Andrew Coniston 11.00am Holy Communion TBC _____________________________________________________ 29th Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity Holy Trinity Colton 9.30am Holy Communion Rev David Bickersteth Coniston Methodist 11.00am Joint CTC Service TBC Churches in the Coniston and Crake Valley St Andrew’s Church, Coniston LA21 8EN St Luke’s Church, Torver LA21 8AZ St Luke’s Church, Lowick LA12 8EE Holy Trinity Church, Colton LA12 8HF Church of St Mary the Virgin, Penny Bridge LA12 7RQ Tottlebank Baptist Church, Colton LA12 8HY Welcomes you to our Sunday services from 10.30 to 11.30am followed by refresh- ments, and midweek prayer meetings on Wednesdays at 7.30pm. Our moderator is Rev. Andrew Dodd. For further information contact Chris and Margaret Hamps, [email protected] Coniston Methodist Church, Coniston LA21 8HH The Sunday morning service is at 11.00am and a warm welcome awaits you. For further information contact Joyce Holland on 015394 41594. St Francis of Assisi Church of the Sacred Heart, Coniston LA21 8AW Mass is held on Thursdays at 10.00am and Saturdays at 6.00pm. For further information contact Father Matthew Jacob on 01229 779673. Coniston Christian Fellowship LA21 8AL During the month of August we are meeting on Sunday mornings in person. For more information please contact Alex and Ruth Stewart on 015394 49539. See our website for more details www.conistonchristianfellowship.co.uk 5 Parish Prayer Diary August 2021 1st: Sunday, the first day of the week.
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